Garden-hose holder



(No Moda'l.)

O. NELSON. GARDEN HOSE HOLDER.

No.5'79,493. Patented Mar. 23, 189 7.

' V IN VENZOR- v Mam Attorney llnrrnn jSrAr'ns CARL NELSON, OF MARINETTE, lVISOONSIN.

GARDEN-HOSE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,493, dated March 23, 1897.

. Application filed August 17, 1896. Serial No. 602,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marinette, in the county of Marinette and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garden-Hose Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a garden-hose holder; and it consists in the device hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce a holder for garden-hose provided with means whereby the direction of the hose-nozzle, when said nozzle is engaged and retained by the spring-clips hereinafter described, may be changed from a horizontal plain to the opposite horizontal plain, passing through a portion of a vertical circle, said device also being provided with means whereby said nozzlemay be locked at anypoint in such vertical circle above a horizontal plain, which object is attained by the construction and association of parts, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion. of a hose-nozzle engaged by my improved holder, a portion of the supporting-stem of said holder being broken away. Fig. 2 is a modification in the manner of securing the spring-retaining clips or tongues to the face of the revoluble disk. Fig. 3 is an edge View, and Fig. 4 is a rear view of the device. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 o of Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures of reference, 1 designates a disk which may be of any suitable size and formed of metal of suitable gage to give it stiffness.

2 designates a spindle or rod of sufficient strength to support the disk and hose-nozzle supported thereby,which spindle is sharpened to a point at one end and provided with an eye 2 at the other.

3 represents a headed bolt which is passed through an aperture formed in the geomet- 5o rical center of the disk 1, said bolt also passing through the eye 2 of the spindle and is provided with a thumb-nut 3.

4c 4 designate spring-tongues which extend in a portion of a circle at right angles to the face of the disk 1. These tongues may be made to stand from the face of said disk in two ways: First, as shown in Fig. 1, in which they are struck from the metal of the disk and formed into a curve suitable for einbrac- 6o ing a portion of a garden hose or nozzle. This method, as will be apparent, necessitates the employment of tempered sheet metal or steel.

If desired to manufacture the holder at a less cost, the disk 1 may be formed of sheet-tin or sheet-iron, and in either case the tongues 4: 4 are formed of suitable spring metal and riveted to the face of the disk, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and which will be well understood.

5 5 represent a series. of cars, which are formed integral with the rim of the disk and extend around one-half of its diameter, as shown in Fig. 4, enough space being left between said ears to allow the spindle 2 to lie contiguous to the rear face of the disk. (See Fig. 3. v

The hperation of this device is as follows: \Vhen it is desired to support a garden-hose with this holder, said hose or its nozzle is en- 8o tered between the spring tongues or clips 4 4, as shown in Fig. 1, when the pointed end of said spindle may be forced into the ground a sufficient depth to be maintained in a vertical position against the weight of the hose and the vibration of the moving water therein. Should the parts be iu the positions shown in Fig. 2 and it be desired to tilt the hose either to the right or to the left, as shown in Fig. 1, the thumbnut 3 may be loosened or unscrewed, allowing the bolt 3 to be slipped through the disk 1 sufficiently to allow said disk to be moved away from said spindle 2 and to carry the ears 5 5 clear of the spindle 2, so that said disk may be revolved upon its pivot 3 until the desired angle has been attained, when said parts may be locked by tightening the thumb-nut 3,Which will draw the disk up thereto, causing it to stand between tWo of said ears 5 5, and when said thumb-nut is properly screwed up, said disk will effectually be prevented from rotating, as will be seen.

It will now be seen that the formation and association of parts hereinbefore set forth produce a Very simple and economical device, which effectually serves the purpose of a universal hose-holder, for if the position cannot be attained by rotating the disk vertically the desired pitch may be found and the disk locked with the thumb-nut, as described,

when the Whole device may be turned horizontally by causing the spindle to twist in the ground.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garden-hose holder,the combination of the disk, the clips struck therefrom, the spindle, and said disk pivoted to said spindle.

2. In a garden-hose llOld61,l3ll6 combination of the disk, the spring-clips secured thereto, the ears formed integral with and standing at an angle to the rim of said disk, the aperture formed through the center of said disk, the spindle, the eye 011 the end of said spindle, the bolt adapted to be passed through said aperture and eye, the thumb-nut adapted to be screwed upon said bolt, and the end of the spindle opposite said eye being sharpened to a point, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL NELSON. Witnesses:

A. II. SETTERsTEN, SEGRED MOBERG. 

